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Word of the day
for March 15
notorious adj
  1. Senses with an unfavourable connotation.
    1. Of a person or entity: generally or widely known for something negative; infamous.
    2. Of an act, situation, etc.: blameworthy in an obvious and offensive way; blatant, flagrant.
  2. Senses with a favourable or neutral connotation.
    1. Generally or widely known; of common knowledge; famous or well-known.
    2. (obsolete)
      1. Clear, evident, obvious.
      2. Generally or widely knowable.

notorious adv

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of notoriously

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States known by the nickname “The Notorious R.B.G.” (after the American rapper The Notorious B.I.G.), was born on this day 90 years ago in 1933.

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